New Zealand

  • Free trade for food

    While Americans bicker over the Colombia FTA, China and New Zealand cut a deal. Could rising food prices be the reason?
    By Andrew Leonard April 15, 2008

  • Conversations: Flight of the Conchords

    The New Zealand duo behind a hilarious new HBO show get serious about comedy in this interview and podcast.
    By Thomas Rogers June 15, 2007

  • More sewage, please, and less oil

    Why more oil from the Gulf could be bad for biofuels
    By Andrew Leonard September 6, 2006

  • Twilight of an ancient knowledge

    For centuries, New Zealand's Maoris have used intimate observation of nature to harvest eels and predict the weather. That marvelous legacy is endangered by climate change.
    By Durrell Dawson May 5, 2006

  • Tuvalu is drowning

    The island nation is slowly being inundated as the ocean rises, and some citizens are fleeing. How will the world handle a flood of "climate refugees"?
    By Alexandra Berzon March 31, 2006

  • A prisoner's tale

    The saga of a hapless New Zealander who ended up behind bars after seeking work in Iraq reveals the darker side of the U.S.-led coalition's operations.
    By Graeme Wood October 31, 2004

  • Bamboo Dick, first in flight

    What's all this fuss about the Wright brothers? All good Kiwis know New Zealand's Richard Pearse got there first.
    By Debbi Gardiner August 22, 2002

  • "Rain"

    This New Zealand coming-of-age movie isn't really about anything. When it's this rich and luscious, who cares?
    By Stephanie Zacharek April 26, 2002

  • Lusty ladies

    A hotel survey Down Under shows gals are feistier than guys.
    By Jack Boulware January 23, 2001

  • Kiwis elect world's first transsexual legislator

    Having gotten over "the gender thing," New Zealand teaches a lesson on tolerance and maturity.
    By Hank Hyena December 1, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Will the free market reward art and education? Plus: Gauging "the Philadelphia effect"; Americans are fat because we're lazy and eat bad food.
    Letters to the Editor November 17, 1999

  • Return of the ugly American

    President Clinton's choice of Carol Moseley-Braun as ambassador to New Zealand elevates a hypocrite who put her fianci's financial gain ahead of concern for human-rights violations.
    By Bruce Shapiro November 9, 1999

  • Holy hassle

    Getting to the Vatican for New Year's Mass, plus advice for first-time cruisers and Auckland sightseers.
    By Donald D. Groff October 28, 1999

  • Oh Deer!

    Can deer-antler velvet increase your sex drive?
    By Debra Ollivier October 9, 1999

  • Auckland unplugged

    Life in a city without electricity
    By Cameron Williamson March 12, 1998
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